If you believe that you don't understand science or religion very well

Religion is brilliant in the sense that nothing can ever disprove it since it works on faith. It may be able to shake your faith in Santa Claus or whatever but it can't definitively destroy it.

But also religion has the ability to adapt to science. People will shit all over intelligent design but the idea that God can use science to do his bidding is a pretty forward thinking way of doing things if you're in charge of the church


I respect this opinion but I am not sure if I agree. Religion may have the ability to adapt to science, but science will never adapt to religion. Saying that God can use science to do his bidding is a forward way of thinking sure, but the Bible doesn't say it happened like this. If you start customizing your religion and providing explanations that aren't in the scripture where do you draw the line between what should be taken as true and what should be taken as "symbolic". If you feel like your religion can be adapted to make more sense and fit in with scientific findings, it seems like the religion looses credibility.

Please don't take this as a attack on your beliefs, I am not trying to piss anyone off. I just always find this debate interesting.